38.5% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Gordonstone · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Half of the people in Gordonstone left school after Year 10. This is a place where most residents have not completed high school and university degrees are very rare.
Highest year of school completed.
Only 38.5% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1% and the national figure of 58.8%.
38.5% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Gordonstone, the largest group is Year 10 at 50%, followed by Year 12 (38%) and Year 11 (12%).
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
No adults in Gordonstone hold a bachelor degree or higher, placing the area among the lowest for this qualification in the country.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Gordonstone, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 57%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 43%.
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Engineering & related at 22%, ahead of Education (17%).
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools located within 3 km of the area.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools serving the area — within 3 km of small areas, or inside larger ones. A measure of access (catchments overlap, so don't add it across areas).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Gordonstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31212/gordonstone/topic/education